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Get Started: Contract bill heading for passage by Congress
SMALL BUSINESS LEGISLATION Legislation to improve federal contracting opportunities for small businesses appears close to passage in Congress, which has included the measures in a spending bill for the Defense Department for the current fiscal year....
Get Started: Workers may get raises after overtime ruling
Employees at some small businesses can still expect changes in their pay or work hours starting Thursday, even though a federal judge has blocked the Labor Department's overtime rules from going into effect. At other companies, meanwhile, owners...
Get Started: Retailers preparing for Small Business Saturday
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY For many small and independent businesses, the big start to the holiday shopping season comes on Saturday. The marketing campaign known as Small Business Saturday, now in its seventh year, is expected to give many retailers...
Get Started: More women investing in small businesses
INVESTING IN, AND BY, WOMEN The number of women who invest in small businesses is growing, and so is the number of companies led by women that receive funding. Those findings were released Monday by the Kauffman Foundation, which does research on...
Campaign to give workers paid sick leave gains momentum
NEW YORK (AP, Oct. 5, 2016) — The campaign to give workers paid time off when they're sick is picking up momentum. A bill that would give workers for the Illinois county that includes Chicago one hour of paid sick time for each 40 hours they work was...
